Vol. 18 No. 1 (2024): Cadernos ESP - Revista Cientí­fica da Escola de Saúde Pública do Ceará

When we opt for the theoretical-methodological conception of the concept of collective health, understood as "[...] a multidisciplinary area of knowledge built at the interface with knowledge produced by biomedical sciences and social sciences"¹, with the possibility of investigations into the determinants of the social production of diseases and with a view to planning and organizing health services1, we enter into frameworks that are foundational for the concreteness of a public policy beyond what we were building in the past. [Excerpt from the Editorial]